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Villagers attend War of 1812 event

Villagers Mary Ellen Laursen, Nancy Holder and Amy Baronich recently traveled to Franklin, Tenn., and represented the State U.S.D. 1812 at the General Society War of 1812 Bicentennial Event meeting. Laursen, Holder and Baronich joined U.S.D. 1812 national officers, including the President National Virginia Apyar, and state officers from other states.

During the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 (2012-2015), Bicentennial Events are being held by both societies across the nation. The event in Franklin, Tenn., featured a wreath laying at the grave of Andrew Jackson, buried at his home, “The Hermitage.”

Membership in the General Society War of 1812 is open to any man who can prove lineal descent from an ancestor who gave military service during the War of 1812.

Membership in the United States Daughters of 1812 is open to any woman who can prove lineal descent to an ancestor who gave civil or military service from the close of the Revolutionary War to the close of the War of 1812 (1783-1815).